Total Crime Rate
176.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Anderson Close area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Oakwood , and the 146th highest crime rate of 823 local areas in Enfield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Anderson Close (N21 1TH) in the last 12 months was 176.3 per 1,000 residents and was 283.6% higher than the Oakwood average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anderson Close (N21 1TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near World'S End Lane (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fothergill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fothergill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushey Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanbury Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roundhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundhill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindal Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laidlaw Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindal Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hansen Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fothergill Drive | — |
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